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select_surgeries <-
"SELECT name_char FROM blueherondata.concept_dimension
WHERE name_char LIKE '%ectomy%'"
dbGetQuery(c_connect, select_surgeries) %>% # Extract records
use_series(NAME_CHAR) %>% # Convert to vector
strsplit(" ") %>% # Split into words
unlist %>% # Re-convert to vector
tolower %>% # Force to lower case
grep("ectomy", ., value=TRUE) %>% # Toss extraneous words
gsub("[[:punct:]]", "", .) %>% # Remove punctuation
gsub("ectomy.*", "-", .) %>% # Remove ectomy suffix
unique %>% # Remove duplicates
sample(100, replace=FALSE) %>% # Select 100 random
sort %>% # Arrange
paste(collapse=", ") # Delimit with commas
“acromion-, adenoid-, alveol-, apic-, apico-, arthr-, arytenoid-, astragal-, ather-, burs-, capsul-, carp-, clitor-, coccyg-, crani-, dacryoaden-, dacryocyst-, diaphys-, disarticulationhemipelv-, disk-, diverticul-, endarter-, epididym-, epiglottid-, epiplo-, ethmoid-, fasci-, fistul-, frenul-, ganglion-, gastr-, gingiv-, gloss-, hemigastr-, hemigloss-, hemilamin-, hemilaryng-, hemiphalang-, hemorrhoid-, hepat-, hymen-, hyster-, infundibul-, irid-, labyrinth-, lamin-, lip-, lump-, mucos-, my-, myom-, nephr-, nephroureter-, oophor-, osteophyt-, pannicul-, patell-, phalang-, pharyngolaryng-, phleb-, pleur-, plex-, pneumon-, postadenoid-, postcholecyst-, postgastr-, postlymphaden-, postmastoid-, postpolyp-, postprostat-, postsplen-, prostat-, rectosigmoid-, salping-, salpingoophor-, scler-, segment-, sequestr-, sialoaden-, sigmoid-, sphenoid-, sympath-, synov-, tenon-, tenosynov-, trabecul-, trachel-, trisection-, trisegment-, turbin-, tyl-, tympanomastoid-, umbil-, urethr-, uvul-, vagin-, valv-, vas-, vesicul-, vulv-”
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